Erin Albanese

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Erin Albanese is managing editor and reporter, covering Kentwood, Lowell and Wyoming. She was one of the original SNN staff writers, helping launch the site in 2013, and enjoys fulfilling the mission of sharing the stories of public education. She has worked as a journalist in the Grand Rapids area since 2000. A graduate of Central Michigan University, she has written for The Grand Rapids Press, Advance Newspapers, On-the-Town Magazine and Group Tour Media. Read Erin's full bio

Local Educators Get a Real Taste of Marine Boot Camp

Kenowa Hills Erin Albanese

Kenowa Hills High School Assistant Principal Jim Smith had to stop thinking like a scholar to determine the quickest way to complete a mission...

Cerebral Palsy and Learning Disability Haven’t Stopped EGR Grad

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Editor's note: This is the fourth of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. East...

The Refugee Educational Experience: Conference Helps Educators Understand Newcomers

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

About 600 refugees from war-torn countries across the globe settle in Kent and Ottawa counties every year, and about half are children. One of...

More Than 1,000 Dads Bring Kentwood Elementary Children to School for Event

Kentwood Erin Albanese

Challenger Elementary first-grade student Omar Aganovic thought about how it feels to have his father, Sanel Aganovic, with him at school for breakfast. Omar...

Outreach Group Links Kids to Summer Camps

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Pine Island Elementary fifth-grader Weston Parrish stopped to get information about Hastings-based Camp Michawana at the recent Comstock Park Summer Camp Expo. Camp Michawana was...

Students Support At Risk Women

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Kelloggsville High School senior Guadalupe Torres arrived at the Women at Risk International Volunteer Center after school on a recent Monday to help her...

Polishing English Skills by Studying Stones

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

Third grade West Kelloggsville students learning English have become mini-gemologists at school, studying facts about agate, mystic blue quartz, brown citrine and an array...

EGR, Byron Center Students Win National Art Awards

Byron Center Erin Albanese

A Byron Center middle and East Grand Rapids High School student were recently awarded national silver medals in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards...

From the Congo to Comstock Park: Refugee to Graduate with Near-Perfect GPA in Two Years

Comstock Park Erin Albanese

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring When...

Kelloggsville Students Enjoy Restored Fourth- And Fifth-Grade Intramural Sports

Kelloggsville Erin Albanese

While breaking for water during intramural basketball practice, Southeast Kelloggsville Elementary fifth-grade student Camilla Casado said she was happy to have the chance to...

Teacher, Math Team Create Buzz of Excitement at Lakeside Elementary

East Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Editor’s note: This is the third in a series on the difficulties students have learning math, and what methods some schools and teachers are...

Graduating Senior Battles Disease with Unconventional Approach

Grads with Grit Erin Albanese

Editor's Note: This is the second of a series about students who have had to overcome unusual challenges and hardships to graduate this spring. Alexis...

Teacher of the Year Devotes 35-year Career to Kindergartners

Kent City Erin Albanese

It's just after recess at Kent City Elementary School. A couple dozen students return to Dan Crofoot's kindergarten class. They've heard a visitor is...

High School Teacher Leads Colleagues in African Cultural Exchange

Byron Center Erin Albanese

When Byron Center High School history teacher Jim Moore told colleagues about his ongoing missionary work at schools in Zambia, Africa, he always got...

Year-round School Calendars May Not Suit All Districts, Administrators Say

Grand Rapids Erin Albanese

Michigan students have gotten used to clearing out lockers during the first week of June with a long summer stretching lazily ahead. A post-Labor...

Kent County Students Unite to Spread Anti-Drug Message

Kent ISD Erin Albanese

For an anti-drug campaign to have an impact at her school, Rockford Freshman Center student Ally Faulkner told classmates that it must be interactive...

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